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Enfield

Enfield is a town or village in Greater London, England. It has 56 bus stops and Enfield Town railway station is 0.6 km away. The area offers 2 schools, 5 GPs & clinics, 6 pharmacies, 7 supermarkets, and 68 restaurants & cafés. There were around 389 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 2 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Enfield is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 329,984 residents at roughly 4,082 people per km².

44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 193rd of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime34
Home affordability12
Affordable rents8
Good schools95
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation19
Employment2
Low council tax87

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

19°COvercast

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Crime

374 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences112
  • Anti-social behaviour92
  • Shoplifting38
  • Vehicle crime34

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Grange Park · Metropolitan

Local policing priorities

  • To reduce robbery and theft person offences in and around Cecil Road and Town Park area.
  • To reduce incidents of theft at key priority shop locations around London Road.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

922 reported road collisions (2024)

117 killed or seriously injured · 1,062 casualties · 27.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 381 rated 4–5 ★ (274 top)
  • 44 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Enfield Town (0.6 km)
  • 56 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Enfield Town (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£471,019 average 0.3% YoY

Across Enfield · to 2026-06

Detached£1,231,307
Semi-detached£714,405
Terraced£496,389
Flat£299,393

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,821 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,417
  • 2 bed £1,758
  • 3 bed £2,090

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

11.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.9 times median annual pay (12.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (3.9 km)

45 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Palace Gardens Shop Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches78
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

329,984 residents in Enfield · 4,082/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 59 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,268 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (29% of 128,340)

A £1,512
B £1,764
C £2,016
D £2,268
E £2,772
F £3,276
G £3,779
H £4,535

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

109 schools · 55,845 pupils

69 primary · 18 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 43 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

98inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • AIM Academy North LondonGood
  • Chace Community SchoolGood
  • Enfield County School for GirlsGood
  • Southgate SchoolGood
  • The Latymer SchoolGood
  • The Lea Valley AcademyGood
  • Wren Academy EnfieldGood
  • Bishop Stopford's School
  • Enfield Grammar School
  • Heron Hall Academy
  • Highlands School
  • Kingsmead School
  • Laurel Park School
  • Lift Aylward
  • Oasis Academy Enfield
  • St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls
  • St Ignatius College
  • Winchmore School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Enfield

Care & health services

355 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes82
  • GP practices45
  • Dentists67
  • Homecare agencies116
  • Hospitals & hospices9

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Enfield

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (ENFIELD TOWN)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 77 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

407 applications decided

74.4% granted · 303 granted, 104 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 27
  • Con 31
  • Grn 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools19
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies7
  • Supermarkets9
  • Parks & greens23
  • Restaurants & cafés71

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,724 jobs advertised · £42,941 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Science Teaching Assistant, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£865 median full-time weekly pay

7.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,764 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 150,127 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.8 women · 61.1 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Edmonton and Winchmore Hill:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Enfield Town Park · 0.1 km

    Enfield Town Park is a 9.5-hectare park in the Enfield Town area of the London Borough of Enfield, first opened in 1902. It is the last remaining public open-space of Enfield Old Park.

  • The Dugdale Centre · 0.4 km

    Dugdale Arts Centre (DAC) is situated in the centre of Enfield Town. It contains a 150-seat studio theatre, the Museum of Enfield, workshops and small-scale performance spaces and an award-winning cafe restaurant spec…

  • Barclays Bank, Enfield · 0.5 km

    Barclays Bank, at 20 The Town, Enfield, formerly the London and Provincial Bank, is a Grade II listed building in the London Borough of Enfield. It was designed by William Gillbee Scott in a Flemish Renaissance style…

  • Old Vestry Office, Enfield · 0.5 km

    The Old Vestry Office is a grade II listed building at 22 The Town, Enfield, London.

  • Trinity Church, Enfield · 0.5 km

    Trinity Church, Enfield is located at Church Street, Enfield, London. The church was formed in 1983 by the union of Enfield Methodist Church and St Paul's United Reformed Church.

  • Brooklyn, Enfield · 0.5 km

    Brooklyn at 8 Private Road, Enfield, is a detached house built between 1883 and 1887 by the architect Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since February 1970.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Towns in Enfield